100 turbulent days that have shaken AsiaErik De Castro/Reuters Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is 100 days into a six-year term of office. In just 100 days in office, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has presided over state-sanctioned violence on a shocking scale and undermined his country's 65-year relationship with the United States. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters Uncertain ties: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte at the ASEAN Plus Three summit in Vientiane, Laos, in September. REUTERS Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte promises to wipe out crime and illegal drugs during his inaugural State of the Nation Address. The United Nations dared criticise his drugs war, he says, while the world body had failed to stop genocides in other parts of the world.

Source: Stuff October 09, 2016 06:01 UTC